About this role Business Unit Overview: The Transition Management team helps clients to restructure their investment portfolios. The business delivers both project management and risk management to clients to reduce costs and minimise risks when undergoing large changes to asset allocations. BlackRock’s Transition Management team

About this role

Business Unit Overview:

The Transition Management team helps clients to restructure their investment portfolios. The business delivers both project management and risk management to clients to reduce costs and minimise risks when undergoing large changes to asset allocations. BlackRock’s Transition Management team manages more than 300 transitions a year from offices in London, Budapest, New York, San Francisco, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney.

Our clients include central banks, sovereign wealth funds, public pension plans, corporate pension plans and other institutional investors. The global team, consisting of over 60 transition professionals offers one of the industry's most comprehensive transition management platforms. We partner with clients by understanding their objectives, advising them on solutions, and designing and implementing trading strategies to achieve their goals.

Job Purpose/Background:

The ideal candidate would enjoy problem solving and have the ability to interpret and articulate complex multi-dimensional scenarios. The diversity of transactions, breadth of asset classes and access to a large pool of intellectual capital translates into a position where no two days are the same. Attention to detail and an appetite to learn are a must. The role will involve managing portfolio restructurings for institutional clients, working within a multi-asset class environment and with a range of financial instruments. The successful candidate will need to communicate, network, and to establish and maintain productive working relationships with individuals at all levels, both internally and externally. The team is at the centre of BlackRock’s investment processes with access to all asset classes. Team members collectively own their successes and failures and are part of an environment where there is a strong commitment to develop and grow careers with a focus on passion and excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

Transition Management is a high trust product where clients provide a significant proportion of their assets to BlackRock and as such the Transition Portfolio Manager is accountable directly to the client to maintain the highest standard of care, responsiveness and deliver a high standard of service. Attention to detail, personal service and technical knowledge are at the core of the skills required to be a successful member of the team. The Transition Portfolio Manager is also a good communicator, able to dissect complex ideas and concepts into relevant and timely information for clients.

The successful candidate will join a team of Transition Portfolio Managers and alongside the Client Strategist and the Transition Manager they are responsible for helping clients reorganise their portfolios at the lowest cost and risk profile. In particular this involves:

Identifying, understanding and mitigating all forms of cost and risk that occur during the period of change

BlackRock helps investors build better financial futures. As a fiduciary to investors and a leading provider of financial technology, our clients turn to us for the solutions they need when planning for their most important goals. As of March 31, 2019, the firm managed approximately $6.52 trillion in assets on behalf of investors worldwide. For additional information on BlackRock, please visit @blackrock | Blog: www.linkedin.com/company/blackrock.

BlackRock is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, and other statuses protected by law.

BlackRock will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records in a manner consistent with the requirements of the law, including any applicable fair chance law.